Your Top 10 Films of 2012

(note: I have not seen Zero Dark Thirty, nor Django Unchained. I did not include them in this list, because i did not see them in 2012. However, If they would've made my top 10, I'll say so)
10. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
9. Looper
8. Chronicle
7. Wreck-It Ralph
6. Skyfall
5. The Avengers
4. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Master
2. Lincoln
1. Argo

Honorable mentions: Killing Them Softly, Life of Pi, John Carter, Cabin In the Woods, Silver Linings Playbook, Amour, Les Miserables.

I heard Killing Them Softly was terrible and I heard John Carter was even worse than that.

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Killing Them Softly was not bad, but many didn't like it because it is an arthouse film
I enjoyed John Carter. It's a good summer flick but it was ruined by terrible marketing. It has some great action set pieces and good simple story. However, the dialogue is pretty bad.

1. Amour
2. Holy Motors
3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
4. Cosmopolis
5. The Master
6. Ted
7. Faust
8. 4:44 The Last Day on Earth
9. Moonrise Kingdom
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild

Didn't really see any of the big mainstream films except the surprisingly good Ted and the unsurprisingly bad TDKR. I still want to see Bernie, Berberian Sound Studio, Tabu and a couple others. Some key 2011 ones I slept on too that didn't come out here til '12, MMMM being a main offender.

Reverse Shot put Beasts on their characteristically predictable 11 Offenses of 2012 list, along with some other usual suspects (Ridley Scott, Judd Apatow, Joe Wright, etc.). I'm sure Armond White will include it in the negative column of his "Better Than" list as well. It annoys me a little bit that after spending the bulk of 2012 ignoring both sites, I've sought these pieces out like a Christmas tradition.

And since it looks like this thread is going to outlast Carl's (Colour's?), I wanted to just echo his enthusiasm for Girl Walk // All Day and Not Fade Away. Still a lot for me to catch up on.

Tl, DR: I don't particularly. It's almost certainly the most overrated film of the year. But,

The real answer to this is that I only actually saw 11 releases from this year, so it makes it on here by default - I'm pretty selective with cinema going; most of the big prestige films of this year I'll end up seeing on DVD, if at all. I don't really subscribe to (in fact, pretty much call BS on) the cinephile purist viewpoint that the cinema experience is the only way to truly watch a film, and using a DVD or laptop is akin to stabbing your eye with a fork, and only a few of my list I considered "must-see" films that I tried to see as soon as possible. Most others I'll wait for. Long story short, it came down to rounding out my top 10 (of which the top 8 I liked a lot/loved, and was on the fence for Moonrise) with either a pretentious, maudlin indie that did have some things I liked, or TDKR. That's a pretty easy choice for me.

Tl, DR: I don't particularly. It's almost certainly the most overrated film of the year. But,

The real answer to this is that I only actually saw 11 releases from this year, so it makes it on here by default - I'm pretty selective with cinema going; most of the big prestige films of this year I'll end up seeing on DVD, if at all. I don't really subscribe to (in fact, pretty much call BS on) the cinephile purist viewpoint that the cinema experience is the only way to truly watch a film, and using a DVD or laptop is akin to stabbing your eye with a fork, and only a few of my list I considered "must-see" films that I tried to see as soon as possible. Most others I'll wait for. Long story short, it came down to rounding out my top 10 (of which the top 8 I liked a lot/loved, and was on the fence for Moonrise) with either a pretentious, maudlin indie that did have some things I liked, or TDKR. That's a pretty easy choice for me.

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Can't argue with that. And I agree, as much as I love the cinema (and try to see as much as I can there) watching a film at home can result in a better experience.

And since it looks like this thread is going to outlast Carl's (Colour's?), I wanted to just echo his enthusiasm for Girl Walk // All Day and Not Fade Away. Still a lot for me to catch up on.

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Flattered as I am by this instance of mistaken identity, I'll clarify. @mgsnakeRPJ22

Glad to see another fan of Not Fade Away. As if I didn't admire the hell out of Chase already for The Sopranos, but this is on another level entirely. It's like an inversion of the '60s nostalgia film.

Reverse Shot put Beasts on their characteristically predictable 11 Offenses of 2012 list, along with some other usual suspects (Ridley Scott, Judd Apatow, Joe Wright, etc.). I'm sure Armond White will include it in the negative column of his "Better Than" list as well. It annoys me a little bit that after spending the bulk of 2012 ignoring both sites, I've sought these pieces out like a Christmas tradition.

And since it looks like this thread is going to outlast Carl's (Colour's?), I wanted to just echo his enthusiasm for Girl Walk // All Day and Not Fade Away. Still a lot for me to catch up on.

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you don't like either Reverse Shot or White? I think RS writes pretty well even if I disagree with them often.

"Flattered as I am by this instance of mistaken identity, I'll clarify. @mgsnakeRPJ22"
HehHeh. Thanks. I thought maybe old ColourOutofSpace had mellowed a little bit. Guess not.

"It's like an inversion of the '60s nostalgia film."

Agreed, though I think it scores some points off nostalgia, too.

"you don't like either Reverse Shot or White? I think RS writes pretty well even if I disagree with them often."

The writers are reasonably perceptive, but I think their positions are consistently boring. Reverse Shot's consensus top ten this year, for instance, includes films by Terrence Davies, Jafar Panahi, the Dardennes, Leos Carax, Chantal Akerman, and Bela Tarr. That's pretty much a who's-who of contemporary arthouse superstars. Don't get me wrong, I'm not playing the snob card. But c'mon go out on a limb every once and a while!

"Flattered as I am by this instance of mistaken identity, I'll clarify. @mgsnakeRPJ22"
HehHeh. Thanks. I thought maybe old ColourOutofSpace had mellowed a little bit. Guess not.

"It's like an inversion of the '60s nostalgia film."

Agreed, though I think it scores some points off nostalgia, too.

"you don't like either Reverse Shot or White? I think RS writes pretty well even if I disagree with them often."

The writers are reasonably perceptive, but I think their positions are consistently boring. Reverse Shot's consensus top ten this year, for instance, includes films by Terrence Davies, Jafar Panahi, the Dardennes, Leos Carax, Chantal Akerman, and Bela Tarr. That's pretty much a who's-who of contemporary arthouse superstars. Don't get me wrong, I'm not playing the snob card. But c'mon go out on a limb every once and a while!

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This isn't in reference to the substance of your post, but just kind of the formatting of your post...

Why don't you just quote him by hitting the "Reply" button? Your way seems like it would require more effort lol